Gilera Dna 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dna 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 64.8% average, from 974 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 69.4%

2001

lowest-passing year · 61.4%

8.0pp

spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2003 (69.4% of 278 tests). Lowest: 2001 (61.4% of 264). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (64.8%)
2001	264	61.4%	-3.4 pp
2002	412	63.6%	-1.2 pp
2003	278	69.4%	+4.6 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2005–2009

Questions

Which Dna 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gilera Dna 125 overall (64.8%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 61.4% from 264 tests.
Which Dna 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 69.4% of 278 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Dna 125 pass rate vary by year?: 8.0 percentage points between the highest (2003, 69.4%) and lowest (2001, 61.4%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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